Fred Elliott Buck of Stevensville, Montana, entered the preparatory department of the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana in 1898 and graduated from the university in 1906 with a B.S. in Engineering. In 1907 he was a surveyor with the commission classifying lands on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana. In 1910 he was appointed city engineer of Missoula, Montana and served for a number of years. In the 1920s Buck was the state irrigation system engineer. At his 50th reunion in 1956 Buck presented a scrapbook which was accepted on behalf of the university by Carl McFarland, university president.
From the guide to the Fred E. Buck scrapbook, 1898-1928, (University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections)